Chaotic lasers decode data
A new encryption method based on synchronized lasers promises to be ultra-safe
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Nobel Prize for Bose condensates
Cornell, Ketterle and Wieman are rewarded for creating the fifth state of matter
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First nanotube circuits get logical
Digital logic gates made from carbon nanotubes bring nano-electronics a step closer
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Condensate control could lead to ‘atom circuits’
Chips that move clouds of atoms with magnetic fields could be used in quantum computers
Isaac Newton: the gifted genius
It seems unlikely that we will ever lose our fascination for the man whom David Berlinski calls “the largest figure in the history of Western science” and the author of “the greatest of scientific theories”. Indeed, there have been many biographies of Isaac Newton over the last two decades. What is important for Berlinski, however, […]
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A degree for change
Such a degree would accept students with lower mathematical ability and “build mathematical knowledge and competence during the course of study” (see UK tackles student shortage and pages 16-17, print version only). It would address the shortage of science graduates that industry is experiencing and, more crucially, it could help to reverse the alarming decline […]
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Career options for physicists
From rocket science to rock stardom, physics prepares you for a wide range of careers
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When constants are not constant
In the movie The Meaning of Life, the Monty Python team reminds us that we live in “an amazing and expanding universe”. Ever since the startling evidence for cosmic expansion was discovered in the 1920s, physicists have considered the possibility that the so-called constants of nature – such as the charge on the electron and […]
Biological physics hits the high life
About half a century ago, physicists like Max Delbrück and Erwin Schrödinger discovered the fascination of tackling problems in biology with physics. Indeed, the increasing overlap of physics, biology and chemistry that followed led to the foundation in 1961 of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics. And as the 700 delegates at the […]
So just how good is your salary?
Most people choose to study physics because of a fascination with the subject, not because they think it is likely to earn them lots of money. But even physicists are curious on this topic
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